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It spoke about how on 9/11 one of the flights, I do not recall which, passed almost directly over the Indian Point nuclear power plant before turning back a little farther on in flight and returning to crash into the WTC.

They pointed out how a full 6% of the entire US population lives within 50 miles of the Indian Point nuclear power plant.

I still believe we have little choice than to try to increase our nuclear power plant usage but hope we are truly ensuring their security.

It was an article that truly made me sit back and think about the possibilities and realize that as bad as things were on that day in September they could have been much much worse.
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And I'm 99% sure the Star Ledger is much bigger.

[This message has been edited by Gnomad (edited 04-09-2002).] reg

Stuff goes down every day, things don't always get reported fully for a few simple reasons. Main reason, you take 100 smart or semi smart people by themselves and tell them something shocking and or scary they react in a manner thats fine. Put those 100 people together and tell them they go stupid and start doing stupid things.
I know it sounds alittle "Secret gov'mint-ish" but hell it happens let it go.

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The security around the Indian point and other nuclear power plants was upgraded exponentialy after the bombings. It was well reported and discussed on varius news programs.

It was simply the sheer concentration of people and the coincidence of the flight either passing directly or nearly so over the plant that gave me pause.

One plane alone had the chance to endanger such a huge number of people and it didnt.

Not so much about this plant or any one as much as the vulnerability in general that we lived in that was brought home.

reg

I grew up in the Seattle area. If you look at first strike targets, Seattle is a goner.

McChord AFB - Jump off point for the Pacific and a large Air Force population.
Ft. Lewis - A huge Army installation, including Rangers and Special Forces, a common jump point for the Pacific
Bremerton Naval Station - Carriers and troop ships
Bangor Nuclear Sub Station - Need I say more?
Everett Naval Ship Yard - More ships
Seattle Naval Station - More ships
Boeing - Planes and other assorted warfare manufacturer - BIG target

And not to mention it's a decent sized city. There are other lovely targets there, but these are all within a 50 mile radius of Seattle...it's enough to make you worry.

After Chernobyl, I've always worried about the nuclear power plants too. Hanford in the SE corner of the state is a huge nuclear power plant. If it goes, the Puget Sound is likely to have severe fallout.

There were also reports at other nuclear power plants right after 9-11 of unknown Arab men surveilling the area. While I don't consider myself a racist, I believe in racial profiling after 9/11. These reports worried me.

You are right tho, we were lucky 9/11 wasn't worse. The thing that worries me more is what is coming next? Especially when our media is always so good as to point out what they could have done to cause more damage.

Aerienne

reg

Gotta love the media sometimes.

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